GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Roundup – Albatron, eVGA and XFX

GeForce 8800 GTS Roundup – Albatron, eVGA and XFX

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics card is by far one of the most popular cards on the market today. In our last article, we showed what the XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB XXX Edition video card could do compared to various other types and brands of video cards. Today, we take a look at three identical cards from three very different companies to see which card is right for you once you have narrowed the search down to just a GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB.

Albatron, eVGA and XFX were all kind enough to send us out GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB video cards for a little roundup action. Since Legit Reviews has already published a stand alone article on the GeForce 8800 GTS 512, let’s skip the details and get right to the differences.

Brand	Model	Core Clock	Mem Clock	Shader Clock	Bundled Game	Price
Albatron	8800GTS-512X	650MHz	1944MHz	1625MHz	None	$385.94
eVGA	512-P3-N841-A3	670MHz	1944MHz	1674MHz	Crysis	$349.90
XFX	PV-T88G-YDD4	678MHz	1972MHz	1700MHz	Lost Planet	$349.99

As you can see all of the core clock and shader clock frequencies vary from card to card. The eVGA and XFX cards also come with full DVD copies of DirectX 10 game titles. Which card performs and overclocks the best? Get ready to find out!

Before we move on to taking a closer look at the cards, remember that the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics card has a board power draw of less than 150W, so just a single 6-pin PCI Express power connector is present on the card. The GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB graphics cards require a minimum 400W or greater system power supply (with +12 Volt current rating of 26A) for single GPU operation. For running a pair in SLI, NVIDIA suggests a minimum 450 Watt power supply (with +12 Volt current rating of 30A) for dual card operation. Keep this in mind when researching which GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics card to buy as you’ll need a beefy power supply to run them.